What Football Can Teach Us About Investing | Merryn Talks Money
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Merryn Somerset Webb talks with Alex Edmans, author of "The Madness of Markets: Why Smart Investors Make Crazy Decisions – And How to Exploit Them," about why even sophisticated investors struggle to overcome the psychological biases that shape their decisions. Markets are driven by humans, and humans are emotional. Edmans explains how understanding the influence of emotion, herd behavior and over-confidence can help investors make better decisions — and potentially achieve better returns. 00:00 Alex Edmans on Merryn Talks Money 03:12 Football losses and stocks 07:40 Hormones on the trading floor 14:28 Skill versus luck in returns 21:29 Finding edge in intangibles 34:40 AI bubble and valuation risks Sign up for the Merryn Talks Money newsletter: https://www.bloomberg.com/account/newsletters/merryn-talks-money Sign up for the Money Distilled newsletter https://www.bloomberg.com/account/newsletters/money-distilled Watch Bloomberg Vodcasts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe
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